A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey flies by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South China Sea. Navy photo The San Diego-based Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group is exercising with the nuclear-powered ...

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) steams in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Asagiri-class destroyer JS Umigiri (DD 158), Republic of Korea (ROK) Great-class destroyer ROKS Yul Gok Yi ...

SECOND ROUND: The U.S. amphibious assault ship Makin Island (LHD 8) completed its second round of builder’s trials Feb. 7 after four days at sea. Acceptance trials are scheduled for March and the ship ...

The US Navy (USN) sees its big amphibious assault ships as highly customisable platforms that are well suited to incorporate new aviation capabilities as they emerge. Speaking aboard the USS Makin ...

The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island docked at a naval base in Busan, South korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korean and U.S. troops launched their largest amphibious landing drill in years ...

San Diego shipyard General Dynamics NASSCO has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for maintenance, modernization and repair of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) fiscal 2023 ...

The USS Makin Island amphibious assault ship conducted live-fire weapons training and practiced replenishment-at-sea with two Philippine navy vessels on Saturday. The flattop, along with the ...

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship LHD-8 USS Makin Island — the first U.S. Navy ship to deploy using a hybrid-electric propulsion system — completed a nine-day scheduled sea trial earlier this ...

A black lab named Raider is on a mission. He’s what you’d call a “morale dog” from a San Diego nonprofit organization named Shelter to Soldier, where rescue dogs are trained to become emotional ...